Using Quality Assurance to Drive Change and Enhancement in Our New Tertiary Landscape
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https://doi.org/10.56433/jpaap.v12i2.624Keywords:
tertiary, quality, enhancement, assuranceAbstract
Since 2021, QAA has been working collaboratively with colleges, universities, sector agencies and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to support development of Scotland’s new Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework (TQEF). In 2023, QAA Scotland was asked by the SFC to oversee design of two key components of the TQEF - an approach to external peer review and follow-up activity, and national thematic enhancement activity. This paper outlines progress so far working with staff and students from across Scotland’s colleges and universities, our partner quality and sector agencies and the SFC.
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